Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death

Patrick Henry speech: “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death”

Although I don’t agree that President Trump is a bad guy (or at least not yet) in his Federal government decisions, I do agree absolutely the Federal government and many Dem-managed State and local governments are breaking the U.S. Constitution into pieces in the name of the ChiCom unleashed COVID-19, Globalism and ultimately Communism. Justin Smith takes the robbing of Liberty to task.

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Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death:

Free Born Americans Don't Need Permission

By Justin O. Smith

Sent 4/15/2020 1:37 AM

"Even the bad guys are admitting it, and that is they made these dire predictions so that they could go ahead and destroy peoples' civil liberties and spend a lot of money and make up an excuse on why the stock market actually went down -- all kinds of things by having this coronavirus event blown way out of proportion."  ~ Ron Paul, former Congressman and Presidential Candidate

"If a government wishes to alleviate, rather than aggravate, a depression, its only valid course is laissez-faire [Blog Editor: Laissez-faire is a central to American Liberty yet eradicated as an economic principle by Statists and Dem-Marxists in particular. Since I have doubts Laissez-faire principles are taught to Americans these days, you should acquaint yourself. Three brief self-education examinations: Merriam-Webster, Encyclopaedia Britannica and Investopedia] -- to leave the economy alone. Only if there is no interference, direct or threatened, with prices, wage rates and business liquidation, will the necessary adjustment proceed with smooth dispatch."  ~ Murray Rothbard, 'America's Great Depression'

The President who once stated "America will never be a socialist country", President Donald J. Trump, is currently taking America down a path far and away from the free market and liberty, in general, in a manner that will only succeed in creating a situation for a greater economic collapse in the future, and perhaps the final collapse. He is answering the current economic collapse with big government, massive spending solutions, handouts and social projects, in the fashion of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose authoritarian policies ushered in a decade of economic misery and extended the disastrous effects of the Great Depression by years; and, this is certain to end badly for America, as the country is led further towards a deep depression and complete socialism, and, quite likely, greater control over all society, falling into a more extreme political environment and full blown Statism [Blog Editor: Statism defined – Your Dictionary and Ayn Rand Lexicon]. 

All Americans should be filled with some great degree of fear and anger as We recall President Trump at the White House, well-intentions or otherwise, recently stating, on April 13th: "When somebody is President of the United States, the authority is total. The governors know that." This is such an egregiously outright erroneous, factually and historically inaccurate statement [Blog Editor: 10^th Amendment and Implication] as to boggle one's mind that any elected official, much less a sitting President, would so easily and assertively let such a remark pass their lips. This shows that Trump is neither the "stable genius" or the friend to the Constitution he portrays himself to be, and he isn't anywhere close to understanding anything whatsoever regarding our U.S. Constitution and our nation's founding; and it sends a flood of hot anger through me to hear such an anti-freedom and anti-liberty view held by a man who is sworn to defend freedom. [Blog Editor: President Trump can be infuriating when he makes 10^th Amendment mistakes but on a personal level I’m not ready to toss him under the bus because he is used to corporate management despotism (remember, “You’re fired!”?), doesn’t mean Trump is averse to private correction. I suspect private correction has occurred because Trump has already walked back the I am totally in charge attitude toward the States. No matter how often President Trump screws up he drives Dem-Communists and their MSM propaganda tools nuts. As long that happens I’ll look for the best and pray the worst Trump decisions don’t activate the worst ends. But that is me – the Blog Editor.]

President Trump may as well have simply stated, "I am the State."

This national shutdown of America by the Federal and State governments has crushed nearly every business in the country and put millions of Americans out of work, in the process, that also resulted in a crash in tax revenues at the federal, state and local levels. If the economy remains debilitated by government interference beyond May 1st, America is looking at an economic decline, a Greater Depression, that will not see its end for two decades, give or take a few years.

The best thing that could have been done was to allow the economy to continue to operate and function as normally as possible, rather than shut the nation's entire economy down in a panic over a virus that represented so minimal a threat to the greatest majority of the people [Blog Editor: The Sweden and Brazil approach to COVID-19 you won’t hear about from MSM]. Somehow, the new Trump GOP was unable to use any semblance of cogent thought to arrive at this same conclusion; and so, they succumbed to the badgering of the Democratic Party Communists and passed the $8.3 billion vaccine bill, the $100 billion relief and paid leave package and the $2.2 trillion all-encompassing Dream Bailout -- most of it is corporate socialism, as they currently propose several more $2 trillion packages that double-down on all the "Free Stuff" that was contained in the first Trump stimulus, that passed without any debate on a voice vote rather than an actual recorded vote.

Trump, RINO globalists and Trumpified "Republicans", now Bernie Sanders socialists, have joined hands with the "progressive" Democratic Party Communists to open the U.S. Treasury to a massive theft that would create an indescribable envy in the hearts of the New Deal porkers, the Great Society big spenders and the Obama cartel cronies. And, as they also move towards a $2 trillion or more "stimulus/infrastructure" bill, and a deficit that will be $3 trillion this year and next, they are engaging in a fiscal drunken revelry that will leave America with outrageous and criminal debts, political dysfunction and economic debilitation and catastrophe for decades to come. 

Look at what these criminals advocated and passed and then tell me they don't need to be hung from the railings of the Capitol Building:

$25,000,000 for additional salary for the House of Representatives (Doesn't that just blow your mind?)

$20,000,000 for UPS (for who knows what)

$300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Arts (as if they said, "Let's do it. They'll never know)

$300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities 

$435,000,000 for mental health support (that's a lot of suicide hotlines)

$30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund (WOW, that's massive. They need it to complete the indoctrination of children into the Communist ideology. I wonder how much goes to the socialists of the NEA?)

$200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program (because the virus causes students to be violent???)

$720,000,000 to the Social Security Administration (However, only $200,000,000 of this goes to benefit people. The rest goes to administration costs.)

$25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building (Yes it's true. See page 136)

And these few examples don't even begin to scratch the surface of the theft that is being perpetrated against the people through a massive bill that amounts to nothing less than a Grab Bag of Goodies for Congressmen, the lobbyists and their crony criminal CEOs and Wall Street.

The Democratic Party's opposition to helping small businesses and their preference for handing out checks is sheer malevolence; in that they will hand a person a fish to feed them for a day and stand nearby as their policies destroy people's ability to remain gainfully employed. Jobs and pensions alike are being destroyed as we speak. The Democratic Communists and Republican Statists and Communists have no consideration of the consequences of their actions [Blog Editor: Sadly, Justin is 100% correct], and they will eventually have to raise taxes as any future attempt to issue more debt will prove difficult in the midst of an economic collapse. One cannot help but see this as a deliberate move to force a Universal Basic Income in place of employment in order to create a larger welfare state. And the Paycheck Protection Act is simply one more big government program that facilitates this very thing.

The Communists within our government barely did achieve the 216 members' presence for a quorum, of sorts, after Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) demanded it and went on to suggest they were trying to subvert the Constitution. Although President Trump and former Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) criticized Massie for the move as "grandstanding", Massie pushed back stating that it wasn't "grandstanding" when one defends the Constitution. 

Massie further justified his dissent, stating, "I came here to make sure our Republic doesn't die by unanimous consent in an empty chamber, and I request a recorded vote." 

Americans understand what it means when seventeen millions of their countrymen -- a full 10 percent of the workforce are added to the unemployment rolls in the past month, with projections that suggest it could go as high as 47 million, if not ended soon. We are appalled to see modern day bread lines at local food banks stretch for miles in the heart of America's once proud cities, such as Philadelphia, and we -- at least the Conservative Americans -- are angered at the knowledge our fiat Monopoly Money debt rises over $24 trillion and the Sovietization of Wall Street and our economy has been completed by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Americans also understand what it means when billionaires such as Bill Gates start explaining that only their new experimental mRNA vaccines will release us from this nightmare and provide us with the "certificates" that allow us to return to work. We -- the Christians and true Conservative liberty-minded Americans -- are truly angered to hear of threats to mark us with invisible ink tattoos, and we are infuriated to hear them say that we will not be able to buy or sell and participate in the economy until we can prove our "immunity".

It means that the New World Order is upon us and charging at a furious rate of speed to finish the job of ending America's republic.

Never did the simple, plain good and decent Americans suspect that someday their so-called "protectors" and "leaders" would lead them to the slaughter, but while some may say we were stupid, by and large, far too many Americans are naive and innocent [Blog Editor: It is this Editor’s current opinion that business mogul turned President Trump is among the naïve though probably not innocent] when it comes to seeing through their government's Machiavellian machinations. They are trusting, peaceable and cooperative by nature, and that is nothing to be derided. If it weren't for the predatory criminals in our midst who gain seats in all levels of government, their failings could be seen as virtues. 

To date, an unimaginable number of our political, financial, corporate, religious "leaders" at every level, such as Jerome Powell, Steven Mnuchin and Larry Kudlow, have revealed their true nature and their willingness to violate moral and ethical codes to facilitate the current Trump agenda, that does not align with the Constitution or the views of liberty-minded Americans. They, like top federal bureaucrats and Congressional leaders, have confirmed they are one party, that is loyal to corporate and banking interests, and completely willing to destroy the livelihoods of nearly all Americans to keep the top one percent enriched and empowered. And, more than likely, they will continue to do so until every manjack among us picks up a rifle and puts an end to it all, in order that Americans may one day achieve real freedom and liberty.  

So my mission is to awaken all my countrymen and say, "Fight like Hell to save Freedom and Liberty in America!"

Free born Americans do not need permission to buy and sell anything, to leave our homes to assemble and speak our minds, because the government doesn't have the right to know where we are, who we meet or what we are buying and our every move each hour of the day. Each of us are free to leave our homes as we desire and wish, for any reason, including work, despite illegal "orders" from incompetent or criminal "leaders" on the advice of intelligentsia knaves and fools far too willing to serve an agenda that destroys liberty in America. [bold text by Editor and I concur.]

There are dark forces using this virus for ulterior motives and creating an economic collapse that will cost more lives than anything we will ever see from COVID-19, and, as the veil of civilization is pulled aside, everything past generations have fought to secure and achieve is now at risk. The economy expanded and life expectancy increased all due to the prosperity initially created in America's earliest years of constitutional governance and unfettered capitalism. Now, that is all being undone.

Not one single red-blooded freedom and liberty loving American should ever be willing to sacrifice their liberty and freedom for the safety and security of a corporate fascist oligarchy that has bastardized our Constitution and now pretends to be a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Any liberty mistakenly abandoned may never return to us, or it may be a long time coming. 

Our fragile constitutional Republic and civilization itself rests in our hands. It will take a people with great courage to defend our **Founding Principles, if we are to survive as a civilization, society and nation. So long as we remember the blood of our brave ancestors flowing through our veins and remain brave ourselves, in the face of great adversity and danger, our desire to live free will never be extinguished and it will burn brightly in the lamp of Liberty forever.

**[Blog Editor: Again, the concept of Founding Principles is a forgotten subject matter in most American school curriculum. So consider some self-education:

o   Founding Principles; Bill of Rights Institute; ABOUT; © 2020

o   What were the Founding Principles? By James D. Best; What Would The Founders Think? - ABOUT; Copyright 2010-2014

o   Why It’s Absolutely Vital We Understand America’s Founding Principles; By Bre Payton; The Federalist; 3/9/18

o   5 Founding Principles That Made America Great; By Eddie Hyatt; Charisma News; 7/4/18 10:00AM EDT

o   The Founding of the American Republic: 17. Principles of the Constitution; By Clarence Carson; Foundation for Economic Education; Originally written 12/1/1972 (According to search engine date) Re-posted 3/30/20]

And at some point, in the not too distant future, Americans will have to recapture that spirit that was once inherent to us all -- the one that said, "Give me Liberty or Give Me Death". [Blog Editor: Some Patrick Henry historical perspective]

By Justin O. Smith

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[Blog Editor: For the most part, Justin’s post is awesome! If you believe the Federal government is usurping too much into your life (I certainly do!), this post excerpt that you should read in entirety:]

Confronting the Leviathan of the COVID-19 Crisis

By Anthony Rozmajzl

April 16, 2020

Foundation for Economic Education

The COVID-19 outbreak has made one thing clear: we are a nation that is quickly forgetting how to be free. How many people, in the face of economic panic, have knelt before our elected officials and financial authorities, yearning to be led out of this crisis and made secure in their livelihoods? How many people have taken comfort in the small amount of safety that comes from knowing that millions are not allowed to go to work and support their families, or leave their homes for anything other than what the government deems necessary?

Increasing Government Powers

How many have taken comfort in knowing that the police, in complete violation of the fourth amendment, are conducting unwarranted searches for civilians not following quarantine mandates? How many have gained a sense of peace in the idea of forced checkpoints and the government’s ability to dictate what companies ought to produce? How many people have taken comfort in their measly share of the $2 trillion stimulus package, which was financed from their own income and savings in the first place? And how many people have marveled at the government’s power to indefinitely shut down the economy and bring millions of lives to a halt?

It appears we live in a nation of people who have chosen to dismiss, or are blissfully ignorant of, the wealth of historical evidence—expertly documented in Robert Higgs's Crisis and Leviathan—which lays bare the state's tradition of arrogating unwarranted powers during crises and emergencies, powers that never fully recede from its arsenal of economic and political manipulation once the crisis subsides. Higgs described this pattern as the “ratchet effect” and documented its unfolding throughout critical events of the 20th century—most notably the Great Depression and both World Wars.

In each crisis, the government assumed incredible powers to manipulate both the economy and the court of public opinion. For example, World War I alone saw the initiation of the War Industries Board, the War Labor Board, the Espionage Act, the Food Administration, the Fuel Administration, the Railroad Administration, and many others. The War Industries Board and War Labor Board, for example, represented one of the most invasive economic planning attempts by our government to date. And the Espionage Act, created to prohibit interference with military operations, military recruitment, and punish enemy support, was also used to silence opponents of the draft and those who exercised their right to speak out against American involvement in the war.

After the war ended, every bureaucratic creation mentioned above was formally scrapped, except for the Espionage Act, which remains on the government’s books to this very day. This is but one example of Higgs’s “ratchet effect” where not every power assumed by the government during an emergency is fully relinquished after the … FINISHING READING

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Edited by John R. Houk

In Justin’s submission, text embraced by brackets and embedded links are by the Editor.

© Justin O. Smith